Don’t succumb to sorrow,
for you’ve lived in grief and pain.
Life, true to Jesus,
is black on the outside, white within.
And there’s no meaning under Heaven
to switch places in a hurry,
even if temptation and deceit
might dress up as something sweet.
The rich today are wretched,
even if they're swimming in wealth.
They appear white, but deep down are dark,
and fury burns within their hearts.
It would be easier for a camel
to pass through the eye of a needle
than for a soul, begrudgingly bowed,
to shed its temporary burdens.
Lurking, the dark prince waits,
watching from the other side of the door.
His harvest is plentiful—
souls tethered by money and power.
And no cry of "Oh, God!"
will reach the heights of light...
It can’t, sinners! It can’t,
if the spirit has ensnared you in deceit!
After earthly and lavish glory,
the bow is paid beyond,
and no one there forgives
hearts that are prepared for judgment.
But you, be true to your Lord,
strengthen yourself in His Covenant,
and endure this cunning and bleak world
clothed in white garments.
Stefan Glavchev
(A Copper Bowl)
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